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Pachter: "Bungivision" Game Is "Well Along In Development"

Obviously, Activision's deal with Bungie was super huge news, and even though Bungie says they're done with Halo, we're still interested in their next project.

And because Bungie has been free of Microsoft for a couple years now, it makes sense to assume that whatever their new game is, they're deep in development. Analyst Michael Pachter agrees with this rationale but then again, we're assuming he has some inside info. According to what he told Gamasutra, he first believes that this deal is more than a distribution agreement; it's more of a publishing partnership, which will "increase Activision's profit margins from around 10% to anywhere between 15 and 20% on all of Bungie's titles." In fact, he says Activision stands to rake in around $65 million on Bungie's first successful title. Lastly, Pachter says the new game is "well along in its development" and it should be a very big action game. We might see the announcement at E3 but in the meantime, all we can really do is guess...unless either Bungie or Activision decides to spill the beans before then. For our part, we actually prefer that it's not another Halo; that series is tired and Bungie is clearly a talented developer, so they should be able to produce something pretty special.

So what do you think the game will be? And do you think it will be the massive hit everyone is expecting it to be?

.......THANK YOU MR. PACHTER - you can go back home now. "OH GOD A GAME IS IN DEVELOPMENT!!!!" NO.................REALLY?!?!?! How fu**ing dumb would it be if Activision and Bungie didn't have a game planned ahead of time? God Pachter...you really need to shut up once in a while.

It's hilarious because in the "Bonus Round" the users can't help but scream for Pachter in every single episode! I'm more of a Jaffe and N'Gai fan!

I'm really excited for Bungies new game.I'm not sure if all they have ever done is Halo but it's the only franchise that i know Bungie worked on. It will be interesting how they handle the Playstation 3...i also wonder if it will be fps...

It would be nice if they showed up with their game at E3. Get a little hype going, show us what they're up to because frankly, their last couple of games have sucked nads.Last edited by Alienange on 4/29/2010 10:34:20 PM

i seriously can not believe they have signed with moneyvision.shock of the year.no scratch that, shock of the century!now who wants to bet activision will be filling for bankruptcy?yeah, i thought so!

i hope its a physiological horror though, one that gets in your mind, fu*ks with it and makes you thing your crazy!ive always wanted a game based on the novel cabin fever.imagine a horror game written by the master stephen king himself!oh, now thats a title truly worth of its hype!

The length of this deal, the fact that it is a decade long suggests to me that at least one of their upcoming projects is going to be a MMO. Various interviewers have asked them whether this is the case, and Bungie are being deliberately evasive about it.

I hope that, at the very least, they leave the FPS genre behind and venture into something different and exciting.

"....and the angel opened the seventh seal, and there was great sadness all over the earth, crops withered, famine begat disease, death became one-fourth of the population of earth, and bobby kotick signed a deal with bungie."